Administrative Information

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Biographical Note

Guy Howard was born in 1891 in Lucas County, Iowa. He worked on a farm for
the first years of his adult life, then he moved to the Ozark Mountains, where
he became an itinerant preacher. He walked an average of four thousand miles
a year and served dozens of communities as pastor. His salary averaged fourteen
dollars a month. He wrote about his experiences in The Walkin'
Preacher of the Ozarks in 1941 which brought him national notoriety.
He followed this with several novels, including Give Me
Thy Vineyard (1949)
and Wings of the Dawn (1953).

C. Pummer and J. Roethler, August 2004

Scope and
Contents

This
collection consists of drafts
and correspondence concerning two of Howard Guy's books, Give Me Thy Vineyard and Walkin'
Preacher of the Ozarks.

Acquisition and Processing
Information

These papers
were given to the University of Iowa Libraries by Reverend Guy Howard in 1948 (Walkin' Preacher of the Ozarks) and in 1950 (Give
Me Thy Vineyard).